Banana shortage could be caused by fungal infections and bugs

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Banana shortage could be caused by fungal infections and bugs

(KTVI) – We could be approaching a banana shortage. Researchers say bananas are being plagued by bugs and fungal infections. Costa Rica is one of the biggest suppliers of bananas. It has already declared a national emergency over the state of its crop.

The country`s half-a-billion-dollar banana export industry has been hit by two separate plagues of mealybugs and scale insects with up to 20 percent of its produce lost.